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Ig"no*rance (?), n. [F., fr. L. ignorantia.] 1. The condition of being ignorant; the lack of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed.
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Ignorance is the curse of God,
Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. Shak.
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2. (Theol.) A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have. Book of Common Prayer.
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Invincible ignorance (Theol.), ignorance beyond the individual's control and for which, therefore, he is not responsible before God.
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